Christmas Through the Ages, Volume VII
Annual Free Concert - Sunday, 20-Dec-2020
Program & Participants
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VIDEO PROGRAM
Welcome! - David Acres, Music Director, and Judith Acres, Executive Director
The Angel Gabriel – Traditional Basque carol, arr. D&J Acres
Nowell Sing We – Anonymous 15th-century English carol
Soloists: Renee B. Crawford, Jessie Haarala, Eric Bash
Alleluia! O virga mediatrix - Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Soloists: Judith Acres & Renee B. Crawford
Es ist ein Ros – 16th-century German hymn, arr. Michael Praetorious (1571-1621)
Small Ensemble: Louise Reynolds, Rebecca Weatherby, Renee B. Crawford, Monica Hammonds,
Wayne French, Alex Schroeder, Eric Bash, Brian Shepherd
Remember O thou Man – Thomas Ravenscroft (1592-1633), arr. King's Singers
Soloist: Heather Wilcox
Up! Good Christen Folk – from 'Piae Cantiones' (1582), arr. George R. Woodward (1848-1934)
Past Three A Clock – Traditional 17th-century English carol, arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Brief Intermission Message - David & Judith
Once as I remember – Traditional 17th-century English carol, arr. Charles Wood
The truth from above - Traditional English carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
To a Maid Engaged to Joseph - Gracia Grindall (b. 1943), arr. D&J Acres
E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz (1919-2009)
Away in a manger – Traditional Normandy carol, arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969)
In the bleak midwinter – Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Shiloh (Methinks I See an Heavenly Host) - William Billings (1746-1800)
Into this World - Howard Skempton (b. 1947)
Thank you, and Merry Christmas! - David & Judith
Silent night – Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863), arr Mark Blatchley (b. 1960)
Soloist: Judith Acres
PERFORMING CHOIR
Soprano
Judith Acres
Allison Boyle
Kristina Hill-Spanik
Hannah Jessup
Elizabeth Keene
Louise Reynolds
Rebecca Weatherby
Heather Wilcox
Alto/Mezzo-Soprano
Renee B. Crawford
Ann-Marie Fairchild
Jessie Haarala
Monica Hammonds
Lauren Holzer
Beth Miller
Tenor
John Cunningham
Wayne French
Dustin Ousley
Alex Schroeder
Baritone/Bass
Eric Bash
Benjamin Connelly
JC Davidson
Brian Shepherd
TRANSLATIONS
Es ist ein Ros
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen aus einer Wurzel zart,
wie uns die Alten sungen, von Jesse kam die Art
und hat ein Blümlein bracht
mitten im kalten Winter, wohl zu der halben Nacht.
Das Röslein, das ich meine, davon Jesaia sagt,
ist Maria die reine, die uns das Blümlein bracht’.
Aus Gottes ew’gem Rat
hat sie ein Kind geboren und blieb ein reine Magd.
Das Blümelein so kleine, das duftet uns so süß,
mit seinem hellen Scheine vertreibt’s die Finsternis:
Wahr’ Mensch und wahrer Gott,
hilft uns aus allem Leide, rettet von Sünd und Tod.
Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming, as men of old have sung.
It came, a floweret bright,
Amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night.
Isaiah ’twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright,
She bore to men a Saviour, when half spent was the night.
This Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendour the darkness everywhere;
True Man, yet very God,
From sin and death He saves us, and lightens every load.
Alleluia!O virga mediatrix
Alleluia! O virga mediatrix,
sancta viscera tua mortem superaverunt
et venter tuus omnes creaturas illuminavit
in pulchro flore de suavissima integritate
clausi pudoris tui orto.
Alleluia! O branch and mediatrix,
your sacred flesh has conquered death,
your womb all creatures illumined
in beauty’s bloom from that exquisite purity
of your enclosèd modesty sprung forth.
Silent Night (verse 3)
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Hirten erst kundgemacht
Durch der Engel Halleluja,
Tönt es laut von fern und nah:
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia;
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born